Page 27: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (January 1996)

OUTSTANDING PASSENGER VESSELS OF 1995

Yard

Type

Name

Meyer Werft

Passenger Vessel

Tilongkabila

Meyer Werft shipyard of Papenburg, Germany, delivered the Tilongkabila to the

Indonesian Ministry of Communication/Directorate General of Sea Communication in

Jakarta. The vessel, a 6,000-grt passenger ship, is the 16th in a series of 24 ships being constructed at Meyer Werft for the Indonesian interest.

Tilongkabila has a capacity of 2,000 passengers, and in the next two years will be joined by a set of twin vessels.

This ship is propelled by a twin engine plant with reduction gear and fixed-pitch pro- sellers, specifically MaK four-stroke aiesel engines, type 6Mu 453C, each with an out- put of 1,600 kW (2,176 hp) at 600 rpm. Enn ancea maneuverability is provided by a bowthruster plant with 480 kW (653 np) of power and a thrust of about 7.2 tons with a controllable-pitch propeller. Electrical power is provided by four diesel generator sets, each with 456 kW (620 hp) at 1,000 rpm.

Tilongkabila was built in compliance with the regulations of Indonesian classification society BKI, and under the survey of Germanischer Lloyd to the class notation 100A 4 I "Passenger Ship" + SMO.

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Yard

Type

Name

Bazan

Fast Ferry

Albayzin

Bazan of Spain delivered the first of a new family of monohull fast ferry designs, the 316-ft. (96.2-m) Albayzin, featuring an aluminum alloy deep-V hull form. The vessel — which cost approximately $25 million to build — was intended to help reduce cross- ing time on the route between Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca: from the 9.5 hours it takes on conventional ferries to just 3.5 hours.

Albayzin can carry 450 passengers and is powered by four Caterpillar 16-cylinder medium speed engines, each with an MCR output of around 5,000 kW. These drive four KaMeWa waterjets — the outboard pair are steerable, and the inboard pair are fixed "boosters." Longitudinally, the vessel is divided into eight watertight compartments under the garage deck, and the two engine rooms and a propulsor room are arranged in the aft zone. Emergency evacuation arrangements comprise four ramp slides, two on each side, and each side nas a 100- and a 50-person liferaft.

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Yard Avondale

Type Casino Riverboat

Name Belle of Orleans

The Belle of Orleans, a casino riverboat delivered by Avondale Industries, Inc., for

Bally Entertainment, is 350 ft. (106.6 m) long, accommodates 2,450 passengers and 300 crew, and has 30,000 sq. ft. of gaming space. The interior design was furnished by Yates and Silverman, who favored an 1890s theme. Propulsion is provided by a combination of paddlewheels and propellers. Two 96-in. propellers turn inside two 97- in. nozzles. The propeller drive engines are two Caterpillar 3508 DITA rated at 960 hp, turning through Reintjes 7.47:1 reverse reduction gears. The paddlewheel is powered by two 425-hp EPD DC electric drive systems. Three Caterpillar 3516 DITA 1,500-kW generator sets supply the main power. The Belle features two bowthrusters and one sternthruster; all are Schottel model STT-170 and driven by a 300-hp DC electric motor.

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Yard Service Marine Industries

Casino Riverboat

Shreve Star

On February 16, Service Marine Industries, Inc. (SMI) of Morgan City, La., delivered the 254 x 78 x 14-ft. (77.4 x 23.8 x 4.3-m) casino riverboat Shreve Star to Harrah's

Casino in Shreveport, La. Shreve Star replaced the smaller riverboat previously built by

Service Marine, Shreveport Rose. Shreve Star is the fourth self-propelled vessel to be built by SMI for Promus Companies and Harrah's Casino. The three-deck riverboat is a diesel-electric propelled, 19th-century style sternwheeler, incorporating 30,000 sq. ft. of gaming space. Tne vessel was designed under 1,600 gross tons, and is certified by the

U.S. Coast Guard to carry up to 1,650 passengers and 275 crew members. Shreve Star is powered by three 1,440-kW Caterpillar diesel generators and is cooled by three 200- ton chiller units, for a combined total of 600 tons of air conditioning. Shreve Star is one of 19 floating casino projects either delivered or under construction by SMI.

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